Innovative Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Innovative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 415 316
Rank change year-on-year +41 -99 +153
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 475 390 793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.67% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.70% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 291 129 149
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,189
25th Percentile £37,250 £31,250 £33,111
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £47,610 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.40% +5.80% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,000 £74,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,593 55,780 68,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.77% 95.57% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 41,777 28,809 41,151
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +59 130 £52,084 -25.59% 45
South West +31 113 £60,000 +6.67% 19
South East -20 100 £40,000 +23.08% 47
Midlands +36 72 £50,000 -37.50% 25
North West +52 71 £52,084 -24.24% 30
West Midlands +42 45 £55,000 -31.25% 15
Yorkshire +41 39 £46,457 -40.06% 6
East of England -18 29 £29,000 -53.60% 21
East Midlands -9 27 £50,000 -41.18% 10
North East +7 20 £46,457 - 11
Scotland -55 18 £32,500 -31.58% 11
Northern Ireland +32 12 £57,276 +27.28% 2
Wales +9 1 £82,500 - 9
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.74%) IIS
2 8 (1.68%) Appian
3 4 (0.84%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (0.63%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (5.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 20 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.32%) Simulink
4 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.84%) Adobe Captivate
5 4 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.42%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (24.63%) AWS
2 115 (24.21%) Azure
3 96 (20.21%) GCP
4 18 (3.79%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.84%) OpenShift
8 3 (0.63%) BrowserStack
8 3 (0.63%) Figma
8 3 (0.63%) Sauce Labs
9 2 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.42%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.42%) SaaS
9 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.21%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.21%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.79%) WAN
2 11 (2.32%) 5G
2 11 (2.32%) Firewall
2 11 (2.32%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.89%) Network Security
4 7 (1.47%) LAN
5 5 (1.05%) SAN
6 4 (0.84%) DNS
6 4 (0.84%) OSPF
6 4 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.63%) VLAN
7 3 (0.63%) Wireless
8 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.21%) Internet
9 1 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.21%) MPLS
9 1 (0.21%) MQTT
9 1 (0.21%) SDH
9 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (20.42%) Data Warehouse
2 96 (20.21%) BigQuery
2 96 (20.21%) Looker
3 29 (6.11%) Tableau
4 13 (2.74%) Power BI
5 9 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.84%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.42%) Power Query
8 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.21%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (2.53%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.84%) Postman
3 3 (0.63%) Appium
3 3 (0.63%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.63%) JMeter
3 3 (0.63%) REST Assured
3 3 (0.63%) Selenium
3 3 (0.63%) Serenity BDD
3 3 (0.63%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.42%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.42%) JIRA
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 182 (38.32%) Analytical Skills
2 170 (35.79%) Social Skills
3 55 (11.58%) Retail
4 48 (10.11%) Organisational Skills
5 46 (9.68%) Finance
6 34 (7.16%) Marketing
7 21 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.42%) Military
8 20 (4.21%) Games
8 20 (4.21%) Law
9 18 (3.79%) Banking
10 16 (3.37%) Telecoms
11 15 (3.16%) Public Sector
12 14 (2.95%) Legal
13 13 (2.74%) Electronics
14 12 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (2.32%) Aerospace
16 10 (2.11%) Aviation
17 9 (1.89%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (24.63%) Senior
2 116 (24.42%) Architect
3 96 (20.21%) Data Architect
4 51 (10.74%) Lead
5 44 (9.26%) Developer
6 43 (9.05%) Software Engineer
7 40 (8.42%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 40 (8.42%) Delivery Manager
8 28 (5.89%) Field Engineer
8 28 (5.89%) Field Service Engineer
8 28 (5.89%) Lead Developer
9 26 (5.47%) Senior Field Engineer
9 26 (5.47%) Senior Field Service Engineer
10 23 (4.84%) Team Leader
11 22 (4.63%) Analyst
12 20 (4.21%) Consultant
12 20 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 20 (4.21%) Security Consultant
12 20 (4.21%) Senior Software Engineer
13 19 (4.00%) Business Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.47%) React
2 6 (1.26%) .NET
3 5 (1.05%) Spring
3 5 (1.05%) Spring Boot
4 4 (0.84%) ActiveMQ
4 4 (0.84%) Kafka
4 4 (0.84%) Node.js
5 3 (0.63%) Playwright
6 2 (0.42%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.42%) CSS
6 2 (0.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.21%) D3.js
7 1 (0.21%) Django
7 1 (0.21%) HTML
7 1 (0.21%) Ionic Framework
7 1 (0.21%) Sass
7 1 (0.21%) TypeORM
7 1 (0.21%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.21%) Vue
7 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 155 (32.63%) Self-Motivation
2 45 (9.47%) Driving Licence
3 28 (5.89%) EPoS
4 23 (4.84%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.95%) CESG
6 12 (2.53%) GNSS
7 10 (2.11%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (1.89%) Virtual Reality
9 8 (1.68%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.68%) Robotics
10 7 (1.47%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.47%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.26%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.05%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.05%) e-Learning
12 5 (1.05%) FMCG
12 5 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.05%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.16%) Windows
2 15 (3.16%) Linux
3 5 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.21%) AIX
5 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (38.74%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (34.11%) Mentoring
3 105 (22.11%) Data Security
4 103 (21.68%) Data Integration
5 100 (21.05%) Data Architecture
5 100 (21.05%) ETL
6 98 (20.63%) Data Modelling
7 96 (20.21%) Data Engineering
7 96 (20.21%) Data Governance
7 96 (20.21%) ERD
7 96 (20.21%) Platform Engineering
8 92 (19.37%) Agile
9 79 (16.63%) Project Management
10 50 (10.53%) Software Engineering
11 49 (10.32%) Analytics
12 48 (10.11%) Creative Thinking
12 48 (10.11%) Customer Service
13 46 (9.68%) Scrum
14 45 (9.47%) Coaching
15 43 (9.05%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.32%) SQL
2 23 (4.84%) C++
2 23 (4.84%) Python
3 18 (3.79%) Java
4 14 (2.95%) MATLAB
5 12 (2.53%) Bash
5 12 (2.53%) Perl
6 5 (1.05%) C
6 5 (1.05%) R
6 5 (1.05%) Scala
7 4 (0.84%) C#
7 4 (0.84%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.21%) Rust
9 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 111 (23.37%) Degree
2 55 (11.58%) Security Cleared
3 34 (7.16%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (5.05%) HND
5 21 (4.42%) HNC
6 18 (3.79%) CISMP
6 18 (3.79%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.53%) IISP
8 11 (2.32%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.32%) SC Cleared
9 9 (1.89%) CISM
9 9 (1.89%) CISSP
10 7 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.47%) MRICS
11 6 (1.26%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.05%) CISA
12 5 (1.05%) CRISC
12 5 (1.05%) SANS
13 4 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.42%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (20.42%) GDPR
2 96 (20.21%) Data Quality
3 29 (6.11%) SLA
4 24 (5.05%) NIST
5 23 (4.84%) PMO
6 14 (2.95%) JSP 440
7 12 (2.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (2.53%) NIST 800
8 11 (2.32%) RMADS
9 6 (1.26%) QA
10 5 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (1.05%) NCSC
11 4 (0.84%) GRC
12 3 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.63%) JTAG
13 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.21%) GLP
System Software
1 31 (6.53%) Firmware
2 7 (1.47%) Hyper-V
2 7 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 97 (20.42%) Google
2 33 (6.95%) Dell
3 31 (6.53%) Microsoft
4 28 (5.89%) HP
4 28 (5.89%) IBM
5 23 (4.84%) NetApp
6 13 (2.74%) VMware
7 9 (1.89%) Cisco
8 6 (1.26%) Adobe
9 5 (1.05%) Facebook
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle
11 1 (0.21%) Charles River
11 1 (0.21%) Intel
11 1 (0.21%) Progress
11 1 (0.21%) Salesforce